The Best of Santa Esmeralda: You're My Everything reveals that the group's recordings have held up quite well. The disc wisely chooses the full-length album versions of the group's tracks, thus allowing the listener to get the full effect of the lush, epic arrangements that characterized the recordings. The up-tempo cuts effectively pit pop hooks and melodies against insistently danceable rhythms and are delivered with brio by the studio musicians: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" effectively layers staccato handclaps and horn arrangements out of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack over its stomping dance beat, and "Another Cha Cha" is a bravura disco epic where serpentine horn arrangements duel with percolating salsa rhythms to create dance track that is as suspenseful as it is thrilling. Elsewhere, Santa Esmeralda takes the intensity down a few notches to create some lovely ballads: "Sevilla Nights" is a lush instrumental that creates a mellow, tangibly nocturnal mood, and "You're My Everything" is a heart-tugging ballad highlighted by a gorgeous, lilting flamenco guitar solo. Special note should also be made of the group's vocalists, Leroy Gomez and Jimmy Goings, who keep the music's slick sound from becoming impersonal with their impassioned, rich vocal stylings. In the end, the listener's tolerance for disco will determine how much they get out of The Best of Santa Esmeralda: You're My Everything, but anyone who appreciates Euro disco at its most lush and romantic will enjoy this disc. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, Rovi
西班牙的山塔 埃斯梅拉达让乐华戈麦斯，克洛德安托和小吉米三个录音棚能手把佛来明哥舞曲、萨尔萨舞曲和其它拉丁音乐风格融入欧洲Disco音乐中，并创作出好几张节奏强劲、令人热血沸腾的专辑。组合首张专辑诞生于1977年，原名为Santa Esmeralda Featuring Leroy Gomez Casablanca，后来改为以其热门单曲Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood为专辑命名。这张揉合了拉丁传统旋律和北欧气质的专辑收录了节奏轻快舒畅的Black Pot、加长重新录制的Gloria和一直流传至今的感人佳作You'e My Everything这首歌一直为无数情深者倾吐挚诚的浪漫心声。